The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-13
BEYOND CAVIL.
Rescued From the Very Jaws Of
Death.

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| While the writer is well aware that
written testimonials regarding the
phenomenal efficacy OF any particular
method of medical or surgical treat.
ment of disease should be deprecated,
for they certainly are looked
upon with well-founded suspicion
by the public at large as being
little more than the cunning de-
vice of the charfatan, quack or
vendor of patent nostrums, to make
pecuniary profit; yet no one viii
hardly dispute the assertion that whe n
remarkable medical cure is had Of
any description. and person actually
saved thereby, from, premature death,
the individual thus benefited owes it
his fellow sufferers: nav, it becomes In
the opinion of many an imperative duty
to make known in as public manner as
possible the method by which his health
was regained, that others similarly
afflicted may be able, If they desire. to
reap the benefits. 1t rs with this end
in view that the undersigned feels
prompted to conscientiously pen the
following narrative and Testimonial as
to the means whereby he gainad are
n wed lease OF life. To commep ce wish:
Ny name is William J. ones; by!oecu-
patton afarmer and miner; am 90 years
of age and have resided in Beaver
County, Utah. nearly all my life. 9c-s
cupy and cultivate farIas at Rocky
Ford; .bur have been in the habit for
number of years past OF spending the
winter months of each year in laboriDg
in and around the silver and lead mines
III the western. part of Beaver County.
In Septem Der. 1886. 1 was employed,
By the North Star Silver Mining Corr
pany, working for that company in the
Chicago mine, in the North Star Mining
District. While thus employed, in ting
month above mentioned 1 became ut
terly Frustrated fr9m the banefui
effects of the very poisonous arserical
vapor and dust that impregnated the
workings of the mine In which [ la
bored. This proStration and sickness
was accompanied by an almost total
suppression of urine, aud a mari.ed
dropsical tendency of the body and
limbs. Failing to get any relief from
the local physicians, my friends con-
Guided it best to send me for treatment
to the Holy Cross Hospital. in Salt Lake
City. While the expert physicians OF
that excellent institution undoubtedly
used their best skill, my case seemed 10
utterly battle them. and at the eKpira-
ton of two months I was discharged,
with the melancholy information that
ray case was incurable. I was then
utterly helpless, both physically and
financially, and but for the kind offices
of friends would have laid aside, as it
were, TO die. However, was taken IL
and cared for, and two OF the ablest
physicians Salt Lake afforded called
,.fo 81
nosed my disease as being nephrit,S,
and the other medical gentle
man said / was suffering from an
acute stage of Bright's disease of the
kidneys. My bodyl and limbs were
swollen to frightful exterts the skin
being apparently distended to its utmost
tension by the watery secretion. Both
of the physicians referred to above, gave
my case their best attention, but not
withstanding their efforts and skill I
gradually grew worse and they also
gave up my cas- as hopeless. In this
terrible extremity, my friends happen
ing to learn OF some cases of a similar
character that hadI been successfully
treated by DR.. II. E. Grow, the Electro
pathist' of LIZ w. South Temple Street,
Salt Lake City, and as an almost final
venture, they called him to examine
and diagnose the case. After making
the examination Mr.. Grow reported
that my complaint was an almost COM
plete paralysis of the kidneys. To mako
a long story short. Mr.. Grow gave me
one hours treatment daily for two
months, experimenting the electric
stimulation by mild medicine. At the
expiration of the period referred to, my
body had become reduced to ts-natural
sizer and to the infinite Joy of my family
/ was enabled to return and resume my
labors on the farm wholly and per
manently cured. This testimony is en-
tirely voluntary and unsolicited, and
is in my humble opinion but a meagre
tribute to the wonderful efficacy of tIie
electrical treatment of disease. as prac--
ticed by DR.. 81. e. Grow, of Salt Lake
City. Reference, Elias Morris, Esq.
Bishop II. Sperry.
Very respectfully,
WM. J. JOKES.
ROCKY FORD, Beaver County, U. T..